§ 742g. — Cooperation with State Department.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC742g]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 9--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Sec. 742g. Cooperation with State Department
(a) Representation at international meetings
The Secretary shall cooperate to the fullest practicable extent with
the Secretary of State in providing representation at all meetings and
conferences relating to fish and wildlife in which representatives of
the United States and foreign countries participate.
The Secretary of State shall designate the Secretary of the Interior
or the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, or a person designated
by the Secretary of the Interior to represent the Department of the
Interior, as a member of the United States delegation attending such
meetings and conferences and also as a member of the negotiating team of
any such delegation.
(b) Consultation with officials responsible for technical and economic
aid
The Secretary of State and all other officials having
responsibilities in the fields of technical and economic aid to foreign
nations shall consult with the Secretary in all cases in which the
interests of fish and wildlife are involved, with a view to assuring
that such interests are adequately represented at all times.
(c) International negotiations
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall be
represented in all international negotiations conducted by the United
States pursuant to section 1351 of title 19, in any case in which fish
products are directly affected by such negotiations.
(d) Consultation with governmental, private nonprofit, and other
organizations
The Secretary shall consult periodically with the various
governmental, private nonprofit, and other organizations and agencies
which have to do with any phase of fish and wildlife with respect to any
problems that may arise in connection with such fish and wildlife.
(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 8, 70 Stat. 1123.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627,
84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1534 of this title.
